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PATRICK

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15. Our experience
Wed May 27, 2026, 12:34 PM
12 hrs ago

was several episodes of mind loss occurred after which she had had no memory of what she did said or experienced. We figured that would be a comfort to know there was little enough going on and literally no memory. Subconsciously less capable then dreaming, little experience of time, nothing remembered when returned to some normalcy. So a drifting, then poof. People like to think they can reach someone even who has full dementia and even get upset they are not on the mental radar. Emotionally is another matter. Being there is extremely important. Touching. Visitors who come one day or even regularly, caregivers who only show for clean up, long hours isolated even if in a coma. Why are we obsessed with what may be going on in their reduced consciousness except they may feel their aloneness. All we can do is be there and sometimes that is the hardest to accomplish.

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